The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-20
THROUGH TILE STATE.
Accidents and accidents In West virginia

] Inc 6tate law governing t1e Killing o.
game provides that .pheasants may be
killed from October to January turkeys
from September 15 to January !, and deel
from September S to December Is. "
Alittle daughter OF John Hawkins, o.
Coltax, Marion county, ssed about nine
years, fell from stone wall, distance oil
nine or ten feet, and in falling she dis
PLACED q rock weighing about $50 pounds,
which foil on one Of her limbo, crushing
the thigh. ~ ~
L!ge Manning, who fell from second.
story window OF Point Pleasant while In
a somnambulistic sleep, is lying at the
point of DEATH. with no hopes Of recovery.
He struck or the back OF his head in fall.
ing, and blood was forced from his eyes
snd ears. <. l3gIa5
Rssin Tucker, q young Taylor county
man, who unfortunately is a cripple, and
Laura Goodwin, fair young thing Of
scarce Is years Of age, fell in love with
each other and eloped to Oakland, where
thoy wers married. Then they returned
TO be forgiven and bleat. a
During tho past ten dsys Washington
county, Pa, has been literally ove1fun
with burglars and thieves. No less than
fourteen robberieu have taken place in
the vicinity Of Burgatta.own alone. The
creckemen have mado some rather valu.
able hauls at small houses.
County Surveyor D. J. Taft, Of Barbour
county, wss engaged in surveying q piece
OF land purchased under decree OF court,
when he and the party assisting him were
assaulted by four men, who claimed to
own the land. Warrants were gotten out
for the assaulting party and they are held
to answer to court for riotlug.
The Piedmont Herald says: The peo-
pie Of Barton were startled by the finding
Of the body OF Salem Moore in his real
dence at Dostown. He had not been seen
on the streets for about two wesko, and
it Is supposed that by the decomposed
state Of the body he had been dead about
ten days. Il Yves at first supposed that
foul play had been parpstrated, but upon
cloae examination 1t was found that death
resulted from natural causes. E'@
The people OF. Point Pleasant are now
diacuEslng the question Ms to whether the
death Of Charles N. Kenney, the young
druggist who was supposed to have poi
eoned himself q lew days since, was
caused by poison OF stroke Of lightning.
The pieces of metal In his pockets were
found to DO heavily magnetizsd, and this
coupled with the fact that lightning msy
kill 8 man and leave no mark leads many
to think that he did not kill himself.
Tho Harper's Ferry Sentinel, the initial
number OF which is on tho INrELLlGEN-
GERS exchange table, ia the title OF Re.
publican paper published by Mr.. David
Gosorn, we'll known 10 the newspaper fra
ternity. 1t is neat geographically, aud,
II the frat number is criterion, Is likely
to do great good for the Republican party
in the Eastern Panhandle. tits q big IN
dertaking to attempt the publication OF a
Republican paper In "old JeHsrson," and
the INrEL1laEscgR hopes it will be- a sue.
ceseiul one. q g5 alg1.7-'s
steubenville is making great prepare.
tions for her Great Street Fair which Ia to
come of next month. Not only is the
town interested, but the newspapers have
succeeded In interesting the country for
miles around. There are to DO all man.
ner. Of contcntB and exhibitions, all
free 10 the public, and the liat Of
prizes and premiums offered, all of
them by citizens, would almost oil one
page Of this issue. There arc prsmiums
for almost everything-garden produce,
live stock, babies, men and women, teams
and in fact for nearly everything and
everybody that will be thoro. ,}9g
Mrs, John D. Sutton, Of Bra1ton county,
went to stable to look after hsu when
she discovered huge rattle snake coiled
up near the most. Ghe called Miss Mary
Wilson, and after briefly considering the
situation thoy concluded to mako tho at.
tack with rocks The plan had no effect
other than to cauee bis enAkeship to make
9 retreat through crack In tho building,
hlra. Sutton ran around the building, and
lust as the reptile was about to mako ita
Escape under the barn floor, picked up O
and sitting enc end on the
makes neck, held him while Miss Wilson
dispatched It with piece of rail. The
make was yellow and measured four feet. |
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The steubenville Herald says: Tho Min. |
% steel works shut down this morning,
The company had "a contract to auppiy
he Brilliant mill with steel, and was to
Begin shipping to-day That mill is not
Governed by the Ana]8amnted scale OF !